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July 10, 2023
SEATTLE — A reporter at Monday’s All-Star Media Day — familiar with old rumors about proximity Shohei Ohtani might have come to sign with the Cubs when he left Nippon Professional Baseball for MLB before the 2018 season — he wanted to know how the pending free agent superstar now feels about the North Siders.
“How close was it to them?” How much did you like them? » » asked the journalist. “And is there any attraction for you in Chicago moving forward?”
“All of these reports,” he said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, “are probably mostly lies. People invent things. So I don’t think you should believe everything you read.
It was a humorous moment in Ohtani’s busy, roughly 30-minute scrimmage on the warning track in the outfield at T-Mobile Park. It was also a preview – and, on Ohtani’s part – a warning of what was to come.
Ohtani’s free agency is shaping up to be the most lucrative in MLB history and arguably the most fascinating in the history of all sports. After all, he’s in his own category of athletic ability, and the market value that comes with his deep profile in his native Japan is its own category as well. There has never been anyone like Ohtani, and there may never be anyone like him again. Whether he leaves the Angels or not, he will be paid handsomely, to say the least.
With this uniqueness and profile, the newly 29-year-old Ohtani will spark incessant – and, yes, often inaccurate – speculation. It will follow him not only this offseason but also, of course, in these final weeks before the August 1 trade deadline, as his Angels’ strong start has recently been offset by losses on the scoreboard and in alignment. The fractured left hamate bone that keeps Mike Trout out of this All-Star Game and out of the Halos’ roster for the foreseeable future only heightens speculation about a possible trade.
As expected, Ohtani answered many questions about his future on Monday. Just as predictably, he gave no meaningful answers to virtually any of them, with the notable exception of that Cubs question.
Regarding the trade deadline, Ohtani said: “I have no control over it, so I try not to think about it. I just focus on the game that day.
Regarding free agency, Ohtani said: “I’m focused on this season right now. I just want to do my best to get as many wins as possible.
Ohtani admitted that his feelings about the importance of playing for a World Series-caliber team “get stronger every year.”
“It sucks to lose,” Ohtani said.
This comment will only fuel more discussion about whether an Angels team in possession of the longest active postseason drought in the Majors (tied with the Tigers) can keep Ohtani. And Ohtani may have thrown fans of the home nine a bone when he said he spent about four months over two offseasons living in Seattle and that it was a “nice” and “clean” city.
Apart from that, however, Ohtani remains as difficult to read as it is to delve into or cross out. He sat here Monday not only on the brink of his third All-Star Game, but also on the brink of a fascinating trade and free agent period.
You’re going to read a lot about him.
Don’t believe all this.
